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Named as an officer, director or promoter on SEC Form D filings · CO · Jun 17, 2009 → Jun 17, 2009
Data last updated Oct 23, 2026, 5:45 PM ET · Courts (RECAP) last checked: Oct 24, 2026, 2:18 AM ET · SEC enforcement last checked: covered by the index scan as of Oct 24, 2026, 2:50 AM ET
Stephen O. James is listed as a director on 2 SEC Form D filings by 2 issuers in Jun 2009: First Western Financial Inc (Denver, CO — commercial banking — 2009; $20M reported sold to 30 investors) and IMERICA ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES CORP (Englewood, CO — health insurance — 2009; 21 investors reported).
What this means 2 separate companies raised money with this person listed as director. Across those companies the filings report $20M sold in total.
Listed alongside Eric D. Sipf (2 shared filings), David Baker (1 shared filing), Hudson Mead (1 shared filing), John Herbers (1 shared filing), John Shope (1 shared filing) and 15 others.
What this means These are the other officers, directors or promoters the companies named on the same forms — the team around Stephen. Each name links to their own page.
Public records searched: federal courts (CourtListener / RECAP), SEC enforcement releases, state securities regulators (AK, AL, AR, AZ, CA, CT, DE, FINRA, GA, HI, ID, IL, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MO, MS, MT, NASAA, NC, ND, NH, NM, NV, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, VT, WA, WI, WV, WY) — 1 court case matching the name, 6 bankruptcy cases matching the name listed in Key records below.
What this means 7 records came back. Each one is listed below with a link to the original document and a line saying why it matched. A name match is not proof it is the same person or company — read the why line and the document. Being sued or named in a release is an accusation, not a finding.
We compared 2 public filings for Stephen O. James and found 7 differences: Stephen O. James appears on 1 deal that stopped filing before reaching its target; Form D filed 18 days after the first sale; and more below.
What this means These are differences between the sponsor's own SEC filings — both values, dates and sources are listed in Key records, section 4. Most have ordinary explanations; ask the sponsor.
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1 case: 1 dismissed
890 Other statutory actions
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None found in sources searched — SEC enforcement releases (index scan as of Oct 24, 2026, 2:50 AM ET) · state securities regulators: VA (crawled Oct 23, 2026)
SEC enforcement searched: SEC litigation releases and administrative proceedings — respondent names in the sec.gov index titles (30,205 releases, 1995-09-19 to 2026-10-23); release text is read only to confirm a candidate. Names that appear only in the body of a release are not found. — Searched SEC litigation releases and administrative proceedings (1995→ / 2007→) (30,205 records as of Oct 24, 2026, 2:50 AM ET) — nothing matched Stephen O. James..
State securities regulators: Securities regulators searched (3,318 actions): AZ Corporation Commission Securities Division (411 actions, 2017–2026), CA DFPI (25 actions, 2007–2024; listing starts 2002 — 16 of 12,159 DFPI respondent pages read so far; sponsor-name matches are read first), DE DOJ Investor Protection Unit (257 actions, 1987–2026), TX State Securities Board (586 actions, 2006–2026), WA DFI (2,039 actions, 2001–2026) — last crawled Oct 23, 2026, 9:57 PM ET. No machine-readable public listing today for CO, FL, IA, IN, MN, NE, NJ, NY, OH, UT, VA (see docs/state-regulators.md).
6 cases: 6 closed (disposition not in docket feed)
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Comparisons cover issuers and sponsor groups — see the issuer pages under Deals
7 differences found between the filings for Stephen O. James (compared 2 filings on Oct 24, 2026)
IMERICA ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES CORP (last filing Jun 9, 2009; $0 sold of $4,980,000). Each has no filing in more than two years and reported under half its target sold.
What this means An issuer whose last filing is more than two years old and reported under half its target sold. The raise may have closed early or quietly stopped. Ask what happened to each.
The filing says the first sale was May 22, 2009. The Form D was filed Jun 9, 2009 — 18 days later. The rule: a Form D is generally due within 15 days after the first sale, so this one is 3 days past that.
What this means A late notice is common and carries no penalty by itself. It is worth asking the sponsor why the paperwork lagged.
The latest filing for this offering is dated Jun 17, 2009 (first sale Jun 4, 2009). It reports $2,975,590 sold of $10,000,000 offered. No later amendment is in our index as of Oct 24, 2026.
What this means SEC rules expect a yearly amendment while an offering is still going. The raise may simply have ended — a Form D does not say when it closed. Ask the sponsor whether the offering closed, when, and at what amount.
The latest filing for this offering is dated Jun 9, 2009 (first sale May 22, 2009). It reports $0 sold of $4,980,000 offered. No later amendment is in our index as of Oct 24, 2026.
What this means SEC rules expect a yearly amendment while an offering is still going. The raise may simply have ended — a Form D does not say when it closed. Ask the sponsor whether the offering closed, when, and at what amount.
listed as "Stephen James" on the Jun 9, 2009 filing, and "Stephen O. James" on the Jun 17, 2009 filing.
What this means Same person, written differently — a middle name or suffix left off, or spelled another way. It is normal, but check that the full legal name matches your subscription documents.
This page covers filings where the address state is CO. A separate record, "Stephen James" with address state AZ, is listed on 3 filings — most recently by ZenniHome Holdings Inc. (Sep 5, 2024). The two records do not overlap in time: this page has one filing dated Jun 17, 2009; the other runs Aug 31, 2023 to Sep 5, 2024.
What this means Could be the same person who moved, or two people with the same name. We keep them apart until a filing ties them together. Check both pages before you decide.
This page covers filings where the address state is CO. A separate record, "Stephen James" with address state TX, is listed on 3 filings — most recently by Industry Bancshares, Inc. (May 14, 2018). The two records do not overlap in time: this page has one filing dated Jun 17, 2009; the other runs Aug 25, 2016 to May 14, 2018.
What this means Could be the same person who moved, or two people with the same name. We keep them apart until a filing ties them together. Check both pages before you decide.
What is compared: every Form D and D/A we hold for this subject, side by side — filing dates vs. first-sale dates (the 15-day rule), amendment timing on open offerings (the yearly-amendment expectation), amounts sold, investor counts, offering amounts and minimums across amendments, industry and size bands, addresses, how each person's name and role is written, paid sellers' CRD numbers, and (for groups) where the member companies were formed and sit. Everything is as filed by the issuer; the SEC does not check it. Differences are common and usually have ordinary explanations — we show both values, the dates, and the source so you can ask. As of Oct 24, 2026.
None reported on 2 offerings — no sales commissions, finder's fees or proceeds to insiders
| Offering (latest filing) | Sales commissions | Finder's fees | To insiders | Paid to sell it | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 17, 2009 D First Western Financial Inc File 021-77174 | $0 | $0 | $0 To fund potential acquisitions, and general working capital purposes. | None listed on this filing | EDGAR ↗ |
| Jun 9, 2009 D IMERICA ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES CORP File 021-101394 | $0 | $0 | $0 (est.) A portion of the proceeds will be used for general working capital purposes, of which a portion may be used to pay salaries and a portion may be used to pay certain indebtedness to a company officer. | None listed on this filing | EDGAR ↗ |
Counts come from Form D Items 12–15 on the filings in our index (latest filing per offering; one offering = one SEC file number; an amendment updates its offering rather than adding one). "To insiders" = gross proceeds used for payments to executive officers, directors or promoters. "—" = not reported on that filing. Amounts marked (est.) were reported as estimates. "Paid to sell it" = sales compensation recipients named on that filing (Item 12), each linked to FINRA BrokerCheck when a CRD number is reported.
Counted across every filing this person is listed on (latest filing per offering, per issuer).
Every issuer that named Stephen O. James on a Form D, newest first. A Form D is the notice a company files after it starts selling a private investment.
Raised $20M from 30 investors (100% of the $10M target) as of the latest filing. Stephen is listed as director.
Every row is a Form D or D/A on which the issuer listed this name as a related person. Amount sold and investors are the maximum reported on any filing for this issuer.
21 investors reported; no amount sold yet as of the latest filing. Stephen is listed as director.
Every row is a Form D or D/A on which the issuer listed this name as a related person. Amount sold and investors are the maximum reported on any filing for this issuer.
Separate person records under the same name, not combined with this page. Each line says whether it shares an issuer with this record.
Officers, directors, promoters and management entities named on the same filings, as of Oct 23, 2026, 5:45 PM ET.
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Listed on the same filings as Stephen O. James. Their page shows their other deals.
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Listed on the same filings as Stephen O. James. Their page shows their other deals.
Listed on the same filings as Stephen O. James. Their page shows their other deals.
Listed on the same filings as Stephen O. James. Their page shows their other deals.
Listed on the same filings as Stephen O. James. Their page shows their other deals.
A shared address can mean the same team, a shared office building or a registered agent. It is a lead, not a conclusion.
None of the 2 issuers this person is listed on appears in Form ADV (searched 24,962 advisers as of Oct 2, 2026). A person is never an adviser firm; Form ADV is checked for the issuers and the management companies they are listed with.
Searched SEC Regulation A Data Sets (Forms 1-A, 1-K, 1-Z; 2015 Q2 → 2026 Q3); SEC Crowdfunding Offerings Data Sets (Form C family; 2016 Q2 → 2026 Q3); EDGAR form index for 2026 Q3 → 2026 Q4 (51,358 records as of Oct 23, 2026, 8:41 PM ET) — nothing matched this name.
Property records are matched to companies only, never to individuals, so none are matched to Stephen O. James by design. Searched property records in Hillsborough County FL (Clerk recorded-document index Oct 14, 2026 to Oct 15, 2026 + FL DOR 2026 ownership roll), Miami-Dade County FL (FL DOR 2026 ownership roll), Harris County TX (HCAD 2026 ownership roll), Dallas County TX (DCAD 2026 ownership roll), New York City ACRIS documents and PLUTO ownership rows already retrieved for other issuers, Cook County IL sale and ownership rows already retrieved for other issuers (814,874 records as of Oct 23, 2026, 8:59 PM ET) for the 2 issuers this person is listed on — nothing matched.
Websites and social links of the issuers Stephen O. James is listed on: none on file. No website or social profile named in First Western Financial Inc's SEC filings (Form C, Reg A, Form ADV; checked Oct 24, 2026). Web search for this name: #137,510 of 374,652 in line (1,298 issuers searched so far). One-tap searches: Look further ↓
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